This is a model of a set of stacking bookcases featured as the “I Can Do That” project in the June 2011 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine. Project design, construction and SketchUp model by executive editor Robert W. Lang.
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Jasmine Jewelry Box
Simple tools, techniques & joinery deliver elegant results.
By Gary Rogowski
Pages 46-51
From the June 2011 issue #190
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It’s the stuff of arguments: Which tools in the shop are really the most important for joinery? It’s almost like arguing the top movie or the best shortstop of all time. There is no one answer that satisfies everyone (although
“The Maltese Falcon” and “Ernie Banks” should).
Were you to ask me, my answers would be quick but not absolute. Give me three tools: a band saw, a chisel and
a router, and I can build just about anything. This jewelry box project shows how versatile these tools are.
Video: Gary has a number of free videos on a variety of woodworking topics, available at YouTube.com.
SketchUp Model: Click here to view the model.
Blog: Read Gary’s blog.
Web site: Find out more about the Northwest Woodworking Studio and classes offered.
In our store: “New Masters of the Wooden Box,” by Oscar P. Fitzgerald.
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I Can Do That: Stacking Bookcases
Make Boxes to fit your books – and your space
By Robert W. Lang
Pages 22-23
From the June 2011 issue #190
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The typical bookcase is a good example of poor design. We make them that way because that’s the way we’ve always made them; almost every plan you see is 12″ deep, yet few books require that much space. Most bookcases are heavy and a pain to move. These stacking bookcases solve those problems, and won’t take long to build.
Plan: Download the free SketchUp plan for the stacking bookcases.
Articles: All the “I Can Do That” articles are free online.
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Cheap & Simple Dado Jig
If you follow my woodworking habits, you are well aware that I enjoy using my routers with pattern bits chucked in the collet. The piece I’m working on for the August issue requires repetitive stop cuts that are a 1/4″ wide. As far as I know, pattern bits with a 1/4″ or 1/2″ shank in … Read more
Building a Handmade Try Square
Jim Tolpin’s newest book, “The New Traditional Woodworker” teaches the reader how to work with hand tools by using them to build useful bench and shop tools. Each project builds on the skill learned in the preceding chapter. This process makes for an easy and fun learning curve. One of the more attractive project tools … Read more
Building A Chickadee House
The two most numerous chickadee species in North America are the black-capped chickadee found primarily throughout the northern U.S. and Canada, and the Carolina chickadee native to the southeast U.S. Both birds have a distinctive black cap and bib separated by white cheeks, and gray back and wings. Their bodies have an orange cast, but … Read more
Tool Racks-Then & Now
Every now and then I get a question from a reader about the tool rack that hangs in the window of our shop behind my workbench. The rack in question was originally made in May 2007 for an article in Issue 8 of Woodworking Magazine. Like most good ideas, it isn’t mine. Chris Schwarz made … Read more